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Originally Posted by Hanxter
i just don't understand how some people that raid villages, embassies, burn down neighborhoods or bomb cafes are any better than those that looted new orleans except for the fact they're doing it in the name of their god with his blessing...
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They're not any better. But nor are they any worse. It is precisely because of the
material conditions of both groups that any ideology of violence or looting becomes justifiable, not the other way 'round. I ask people on this thread to carefully examine the infrastructure (material conditions), NOT the superstructure of the cultures involved (e.g. religious/free press ideology) for answers to this debate.
Most social science issues come down to material conditions and inequality; everything else grows out of that, including religion.
I am a
cultural-materialist anthropologist to the core, and this Danish cartoon issue has only confirmed this stance.